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AL FRESCO: The best way to approach outdoor entertaining is not to worry too much. Avoid anything that seems like hard work; eating al fresco should be all about good times and fond memories, writes Eoin Lyons . Photographs: David Sleator p
I'm the fire starter
AL FRESCO: The road stretched for miles. In the distance, Aconcagu loomed beautifully in the bright blue sky, graced with sun and dusted with snow. To left and right the scrubland appeared equally vast and full of nothingness. We were in Argentina, heading to Salta in search of more meat and Malbec, writes Hugo Arnold p
Red, white and beer
AL FRESCO: Slake your thirst, but don't fall into the fire, writes Mary Dowey p
Lord Kitchener
COOKING: Human pressure cooker Gordon Ramsay is also a successful business man and a passionate chef. He fires comments at Hugo Arnold . p
Magazine Features
The estate we're in
Author Chris Binchy explores contemporary Dublin in all its rapidly expanding glory. He talks to Róisín Ingle . pThe Unhandyman
INVENTIONS: Kenji Kawakami is father of the anarchic Japanese art of 'unuseless inventions' - the portable zebra crossing, the banana opener, the double-headed toothbrush. He tells David McNeill about the Chindogu principle pI love my Mammon
MONEY: In the US, while their classmates are off playing basketball or trying to lose weight, some children are busy planning their pensions. Jonathan Green visits a 'money camp', where whizz kids as young as 11 learn how to manage their financial future. p
My own private ocean
On a squeaky-clean weekend in Sligo, Jane Powers languishes in the 'warm, gelatinous soup' of a seaweed bath. pSpanish steps
Rock journalist Kevin Courtney goes hillwalking in southern Spain, and comes away feeling fresher than a teenage raver on Ibiza p
Opening Lines
Compiled by Nicoline Greer pDaytrippers
Seven things to do this week pIn the unlikely event of a summer...
... why not spend your lunch hour outdoors? pMost wanted
This week's must have... p
Room with a view
I've only stayed in a few hotels in Dublin. It seems kind of perverse to spend money to stay in a city where you already have a roof over your head, writes Róisín Ingle p
The Communion Mummy
Orna Mulcahy on people we all know p
Getting edgy
Edges give that finishing touch to any garden, writes Jane Powers p
You are what you eat
She doesn't just sing like Mama Cass, she diets like her too, writes Melanie Morris pDare to differ
Innovation - and oysters - are top of the menu at Frank's, writes Tom Doorley p
Grad rags
Deirdre McQuillan searches for the potential new stars of the Irish fashion industry pThe acid test
AHA, a natural fruit acid, can strip away the years from your face, writes Melanie Morris pCLOTHESlines
A selection of 'finds' for the wardrobe pWhat's in your make-up bag?
Niamh Sheeran, fundraising consultant. pHighlights
This week's product and treatment recommendations with the tip of the week pTake Five
Five products to catch the eye... p
